Thanks for tuning in today. This is Chris Gellibot, your host of Side Usual School, a daily

podcast, a short daily podcast, I should say. It is all about actionable ideas to make

extra money without quitting your job. Now we have talked a couple times about Patreon.

Patreon is a platform that allows artists of all kinds, or really anyone doing any kind

of fundraising to enable financial support from patrons or backers. So this can be a good

thing for musicians who want to stay away from labels, or for somebody writing a book,

and delivering the chapters over time. Just to name a couple of examples. Patreon is probably

independent, but they're also pretty big, like they have a good amount of scale now.

Now our caller is looking for something like Patreon, but different. That's the best way

they describe it. They're going to explain more. So they like the idea of Patreon, but

they're looking for some alternatives. Are there such alternatives out there if you want

to get backing financial support from fans, friends, readers, supporters, sponsors, patrons,

if you will? What might be a way to do that? Okay? So they're going to tell you more

in just a moment. I want to say thank you to our sponsor, and I also want to say thank

you to you, our listener. So thanks, and stay tuned.

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